Stocking marker



April 8, 1930. c. T. LA MONT 1,753,865

STOCKING MARKER Filed June 25, 1928' Patented Apr. 8, 1930 e: A r a UNITED STATES PATENT; OFFICE CHARLES '1. LA MONT, F MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN STOCKING- MARKER Application filed .Tune 25, 1928. Serial No. 288,128.

7 This invention relates to stocking markers. formed in the casing 3 and its outer end is This invention is an improvement over that looped and carries an eyelet 10. disclosed in my prior Patent No. 1,660,077 of Further, the casing 3 is provided with a February 2, 1928, for stocking markers, and bearing face 10 upon which a guide 11 is 6 in my copending application Serial No. carried. This bearing face 10 is provided "55 175,397, filed March 14, 1927, for stocking with an upwardly extending ear 12 against markers. which'the guide ll'may contact.

Objects of this invention are to provide The ear 12 is positioned to one side of the a novel form of stocking marker which is so bearing plate 10 as is apparent from Figure 10 constructed that it may be run across a stock- 1. The guide 11 is provided with an elona0 ing to separate the stitches to the desired exgated slot 13 through which a headed pin 14 tent, thus facilitating placingapartially knit passes. The lower head of the pin is restocking upon the needles of a machine as, ceived in an offset portion of the casing 3, as for example, when the stocking is transis apparent from Figure 1. The pin 14 is 15 ferred from one machine to another during provided withan upper washer and with a 65 the process of knitting it. spring 15 which bears lightly against a lower Further objects are to provide a marker washer in contact with the slide 11. This which is so constructed that means are proyieldingly holds the slide in contact with the vided for drawing it inwardly while at the bearing face 10, and the pin and the lip or 50 same time permitting the utmost freedom of ear 12 cooperates to prevent too great a side 76 manipulation on the part of the operator for swinging of the slide 11. The outer end of guiding the marker across a stocking. the slide 11 is provided with an aperture 16. Further objects are to provide a device The marker consists of a pointed plunger which is of extremely simple construction 17 whose lower end is conical and terminates and which may be easily made by ordinary in a rounded tip 18. The upper end of the 75.

machine shop processes and which has a very plunger is provided with a' head 19. -The small number of parts. plunger is guided by means of a bushing 20 An embodiment of the invention is shown forced into the interior cavity of the body in the accompanying drawings in which: portion 21. The body portion 21 carries a Figure 1 is aside view with parts in sec-. spring 22 which forces the plunger outward- 0- tion showing the marker in one position; ly. A threaded cap 22 is screwed on a re- Figure 2 is a plan View of the structure duced projecting portion of the body 21, as shown in Figure 1 with parts broken away. shown in Figure 1, and clamps the lower eye- Referring to the drawings, it will be seen let of a connecting link or wire 23 in place that the device comprises a base plate 1 which upon the body portion. Preferably, the body may be formed of wood or other suitable portion; is provided with a rubber covering material and which has tacked or otherwise 24 which bulges outwardly to form a knob at secured thereon a yielding top face plate 2, its upper end. Obviously, other materials, which may be of leather, composition, or such as bakelite, for instance, could be sub 40 other material, preferably yielding, as this stituted for the rubber. characteristic facilitates the operation of the The link 23 is provided with an eyelet 25 device. at its upper end which fits through the open- The base plate carries a spring receiving ing 16 in the'guide 11 through the eyelet 10 body portion 3 which is provided with a cycarried by the outer end of the spring 8. 45 lindrical concavity 4, the concavity being In using the device, the stocking is laid closed by means of a face plate 5 held in place upon the yielding table or plate 2 and the by means of a bolt 6. This bolt is slotted as marker is moved across the stocking, the indicated at 7 to receive the transversely bent spring aiding in drawing the marker forend of a spiral spring 8. The other end of wardly. 50 the spring passes freely through a slot 9 -Further, it will be seen that the marker is held in a position convenient for grasping by the operator so that it is always in approximately its correct position upon the work table.

The housing 8, it is to be particularly noted, is provided with a pointed or tapered end 26 in line with the normal innermost position of the marker. The purpose of this is to guide the point of the marker laterally so that itwill not strike against a fiat surface and consequently will not become flattened or worn. Instead, the marking point is deflected and the marker swung at a slight transverse angle so that wearing of the point does not occur.

It will be seen further that the device relieves the operator of a considerable amount of effort, the spring draws the marker for wardly during the markino operation.

Although the invention has been described in considerable detail, such description is intended as illustrative rather than limiting as the invention may be variously embodied and as the scope of such invention is to be determined as claimed.

I claim:

1. A stocking marker comprising a base portion. a yielding bearing plate secured to the upper side of said base portion and upon which a stocking is adapted to be laid, a housing having a concavity therein, a spiral spring carried within said concavity and having an end portion locked with respect to said housing, said housing having a slot and said spring having its outer end projecting through said slot, said housing having a substantially horizontal bearing face, a guide having one face slidably engaged with said bearing face, means for yieldingly urging said slide in contact with said bearing face, a marker positioned beyond the outer end of d guide, and a link connecting said marker and said guide.

2. A stocking marker comprising a base portion, a yielding bearing plate secured to the upper side of said base portion and upon which. a stocking is adapted to be laid, a housing having a concavity therein, a spiral spring carried within said concavity and having its portion locked with respect to said housing, said housing having a slot and said spring having its outer end projecting through said slot, said housing having a substantially horizontal bearing face on the top thereof, a slide having one space slidably engaged with said bearing face, means for yieldingly ur ing said slide into contact with said bearing face, a marker positioned beyond the outer end of said slide, and a link connecting said marker and said slide, said slide having an elongated slot therein, and said casing having a pin passing through sald slot.

3. A stocking marker comprising a base portion, a yielding bearing plate secured to the upper side of said base portion and upon which a stocking is adapted to be laid, a housing having a concavity therein, a spiral spring within said concavity having one end portion locked with respect to the housing, said housing having a slot with the other end of the spring projecting through the slot, said housing having a horizontally disposed bearing face on the top thereof, a slide slidably mounted upon said bearing face, means for connecting the outer end of the spring with the outer end of the slide, means for yieldingly urging said slide into contact with the bearing face, a marker positioned beyond the outer end of said slide and a link connecting said marker and slide, the slide having an elongated slot therein and a casing having a pin carried by the top thereof passing through the slot.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand at Milwaukee, in the county of Milwaukee and State of Wisconsin.

CHARLES T. LA MQNT. 

